The Game Awards 2017: It's Getting Tough To Defend Microsoft

Microsoft fails to hype up its audience more often than not. The Game Awards were full of reveals, trailers, and awesome moments. These are announcements that keep fans happy. Yet, one noticeably absent company at The Game Awards was Microsoft.

[maybelovehate]

Nobody cares about the game awards. Would be a waste to have reveals during that embarrassment of a production.

[neolego]

Nobody I think is a broad term. It has it's audience. I think the bigger issue is that the show was filled with Sony (mostly) and Nintendo content while Xbox was barely mentioned. Bottom line is that it's a stage with millions of gamers watching, Microsoft should have shown up in a bigger way.

[JaguarEvolved]

just saying its getting difficult to defend microsoft already proves youre a fanat-x. its quite easy to logically look at the situation going on in the gaming community if youre a core gamer that keeps up with gaming news and such. the xbox one is just a waste of time because most people have a computer and all xbox games can be played on a pc with better performance. i know most dont want to upgrade computer because they havent the money or just cant be bothered which i guess is ok and people are free to spend there money whoever they choose but xbox one is just a waste in my opinion as a gamer with a proper pc

[Blastoise]

@jaguar

To be fair Xbox fanboy or not, he's calling them out on their failures.
You can like something and still critique it, that's something a lot of people seem to forget when it comes to gaming.

Perhaps the title could be better though. Something like "Microsofts lack of presence at the game awards was disappointing"? I dunno.

[LateNightThirst]

@Jag

Most gaming PCs on Steam aren't even on par with the One X and now everyone's PC is? Helps to take corporate sack out of your mouth to try and make sense.

[Rhythmattic]

LateNightThirst
Most Xbox owners aren't even on par with the X POWA and now everyone's has a X?
Helps to take corporate Box sack out of your mouth and try not to swallow.
Perspective, Look it up.

[UltraNova]

@Rhythmattic

Damn that was brutal!! Well said.

Now everyone has an X...irony maxed out.

[G20WLY]

It's refreshing to see an Xbox focused website actually addressing Xbone's shortcomings instead of spinning.

Just giving credit where it's due. The more that do this, the greater the chance they can turn this dire situation around. That means fans too need to speak up and quit defending a situation that ruins their hobby on their preferred platform.

[sprinterboy]

That's because Microsoft released shite for most of 2017 exclusive wise, Cup head was well deserved

[yumi76]

And if they don't show anything new and exciting at E3 will you say no one cares about E3 too?

[trooper_]

Yea...that's a crap excuse.

Microsoft would have been notuced better if they had a big presence with a new game no one has heard of.

[NoPeace_Walker]

Agreed with maybelovehate. 👍🏼

[Razzer]

shocker

[Nyxus]

It had 11 million viewers though.

[Redlife2g]

Lol stop kidding yourself. That was a big deal.

[Bigpappy]

I fits the narrative. Now everyone loves the game awards. Same broken record, over and over and over: Xbox has no games; no one wands it; hard to defend M$.

Stupid opinion article with someone pretending to be under emotional distress because M$ does have exclusive at an award show. Liar!

[UCForce]

Well, if MS haven’t announce Play Anywhere in first play, that would keep people mouth shut about it. But now, there is no true Xbox One Exclusive and most of them are now on PC and they haven’t reveal their hardware sales units yet, I can bet Switch will outsell Xbox One even faster.

[Godmars290]

That's exactly what people thought when Square showed off the second newest run of the TR series as Xbox exclusive...

[DrumBeat]

It's true, nobody cares about silly awards, but we DO care about games. I love my Xbox, but I'm starting to get annoyed by what it is and what it isn't. Microsoft, you need to make exclusives. Now. Even though the annuals and third party dominate, people look for special games, which Microsoft has none of.

Honestly, this is bad, and Microsoft needs to catch up. Let's see some gems, MS.

[QUIMICOMORTAL]

Yup! Understandable, when you have no horse on the race you need to... Not care about the race!

[gamer7804]

its one of the biggest events for the community to watch now other than the big trade shows. Microsoft should have been there to support it.

[deafdani]

Millions of people watch the Game Awards, and the main reason they watch it is game reveals.

[subtenko]

The game awards is bigger than xbox's E3 conference dude

[rainslacker]

"nobody" cares about the game awards, but I'm sure that people care about reveals. MS hasn't had the many new game reveals for a couple years now.

[sammarshall102]

2017 has been pretty bad for Microsoft, 2018 is already looking way better

Sony's 2018 is jam packed with great games

[yumi76]

How is 2018 looking better for Microsoft? They had three games lined up one of them Crackdown got delayed until 2018. In 2018 they have three games including Crackdown.

[sammarshall102]

Well let's see this year Microsoft released Halo Wars 2, Forza 7, and Cuphead, Pubg is probably timed exclusive

Next year Microsoft is releasing Forza Horizon 4, Crackdown 3, State of Decay 2, Ori and the Blind Forest 2, and Sea of Thieves

I think it's fair to say that their 2018 lineup looks better than their 2017 lineup

[Liqu1d]

Microsoft released HW2 and Forza. Cuphead and Pubg are multiplatform games, they aren't exclusive to Microsofts ecosystem.

[sammarshall102]

@Liquid he asked me how is Microsoft's 2018 lineup better than their 2017 lineup :) those are Microsoft games that aren't on the PS4

Like Nier: Automata isn't on Xbox

I do 99% of my gaming on PS4 but I'm not going to act like Microsoft has nothing for next year. I will probably buy some of their games

[yumi76]

Forza Horizon hasn't even been announced yet, and State of Decay is certainly not guaranteed to release next year same with Ori.

[sammarshall102]

@Yumi76 Forza is an annual series, a forza game releases every year. The mainline game releases followed by the Horizon series we know it's coming next year

Going by what Spencer said about being done announcing games too early you can bet on Ori 2 being released next year especially seeing how the 1st one was released in 2015

[fathertime4464]

@liquid
How are cuphead and pubg not exclusive to Microsoft ecosystem? Neither are on ps4 or switch! Don't say pc because that is part of their ecosystem.

[morganfell]

@Liqu1d,

I have HW2 on PC and the last time I checked Forza 7 is also on PC. Both multiplatform games. The titles MS does have coming are all multiplatform. HALO 6 when it arrives this year or the next? Multiplatform. Crackdown 3? Multiplatform.

Now MS supporters are moving to their fall back position where it isn't about the Xbox console anymore but instead concerns Microsoft the publisher.

Play anywhere, right? Translation? Play somewhere else.

And this:

"The Game Awards 2017: It's Getting Tough To Defend Microsoft"

Tell that to gamingbolt.com because they are still trying to ice skate uphill.

[Godmars290]

@sammarshall102:
Yeah...

If you exclude that much of the 2018 lineup was suppose to come out in 2017. If not earlier.

And did I miss a S/ in your first comment?

[fathertime4464]

@mprganfall
They're multiplatform, but still only on Microsoft platforms. When will y'all learn that they're Microsoft games on Microsoft platforms.
Same games come out on ps3 as on vita and ps4 and y'all double standard having a$$'s still call that console exclusives when in reality they're really multiplatform.

I think what's really going on here is that people are just upset that Microsoft has stock in the 2 most powerful platforms xox one x and pc. Microsoft doesn't have a 5" screen handheld, they have a 18" 4k touchscreen in laptop with better battery life, control options, and graphics.
Now I know I'm going to get all the disagrees in the world, but honestly I'm sick of these fan boy comments. Pc is better, Microsoft has no exclusives, Sony is the best. Technically Microsoft's pc line has the best graphics and exclusives, Sony has some great exclusives, Nintendo has some great exclusives, and Microsoft's Xbox has some great exclusives. Yes you can get Microsoft games on both pc and Xbox, however Sony platforms share games and same goes for Nintendo. What Microsoft can't do it? Why because a bunch arm chair businessmen and arm chair developers say so. Grow up, you'd be further in life if you didn't stick to one think. What a company should go broke to appease a bunch of egos? I don't think so

[Automatic79]

Stop spreading lies @yumi76

Xbox has the following coming in 2018

Sea of Thieves
Black Desert Online
The Artful Escape
The Last Night
Deep Rock Galactic
Ashen
Robotron X
State of Decay 2
Crackdown 3
Full Metal Furies
Darwin
Task Force
Ori and The Blind Forest 2 Will of the Wisp
Day Z

[LandoCalrissiano]

Many games are getting delayed in 2018. Ubisoft is delaying 3 of them.

[Gazondaily]

Ok apparently PubG and Cuphead are available on PS the way some people are posting. But Nier and nioH are exclusives yeah! 😂

[Goldby]

"fathertime446415h ago(Edited 15h ago)
@liquid
How are cuphead and pubg not exclusive to Microsoft ecosystem? Neither are on ps4 or switch! Don't say pc because that is part of their ecosystem."

Steam isn't a Microsoft Platform, but Windows 10 is.

when people state that a game available on PC and isn't exclusive to MS, they are talking about Steam, GoG and other non Windows storefronts.

[morganfell]

No fathertime, the PC isn't necessarily a Microsoft platform. Redmond does not own and control it. You are confusing the hardware with a piece of software that runs on the hardware.

[_-EDMIX-_]

I don't know if I agree with that I would say next year looks just as boring as this year.

This is easily one of the worst generations for Microsoft I have no clue exactly what's going on at their company but it's very clear they did not properly prepare for this generation because we cannot be going on several years waiting for something to be announced...

Just to put this into perspective Horizon zero Dawn was being developed in 2011.

The Order 1886 started development in 2010.

So can someone please explain to me exactly what Microsoft was doing last generation to actually really prepare for this generation?

Their reaction very much sounds like they got caught off guard and they probably were banking on selling their DRM services and never believed they would have to get rid of it as that sounds like that was the revenue stream they were hoping for. So the way I'm seeing it is that they probably did not invest in a bunch of new intellectual properties because they probably believe they weren't going to need them.

So at the end of the day if you really want to know the truth about Microsoft it's right in your face they very much didn't do Jack the years leading up to this generation.

Yet Sony and Nintendo clearly already prepared deep for the generation ahead.

Horizon zero Dawn was not simply a gut reaction, Xenoblade 2 was not simply a random creation it is very clear both of these Publishers prepared for a long time for the start of their Generations.

So what exactly was Microsoft really preparing to do?

So the way I see it for this company really deserves to be in last place this generation that would be like us rewarding Activision for only making Call of Duty for the entire generation but for god sakes even they made destiny.

[sammarshall102]

They were doing good with a steady flow of games up until this year, the delays hit them hard

We already know Forza Horizon gets way more love than Forza Motorsport so that's already an improvement for 2018 when Forza Horizon 4 releases

A lot of people consider Forza Horizon 3 the best racing game

Then there's Cuphead which is one of the better games

Crackdown 3, State of Decay 2, Sea of Thieves, and Ori 2 > Halo Wars 2 unless you really love strategy games lol

I really don't see how you can say 2018 looks the same as 2017 or worse

[_-EDMIX-_]

@samm-but the end of the day the games that you're mentioning are for the most part the same series we saw from previous generations so saying something like Forza Halo gears Crackdown or anything like that is not really going to change how people are viewing this publisher this generation I'd argue that's exactly the problem with what's been happening with them.

I mean trust me I'm sure we're going to get Forza Halo 6 Crackdown what have you next year but like I said that's sort of the problem is that that is all we're actually getting from this publisher in terms of big AAA releases.

So yes 2018 is very much looking like exactly what their previous years looked like.

Here is a list of the same intellectual properties you just saw several years ago and last generation and even the generation before that.

So my issues are not with their delays because it happens in gaming my issue is not even the number of games being released, my issue is that we're literally seeing some of the exact same intellectual properties we just saw the previous generation from this company.

When Microsoft came out with the 360 they came out guns blazing and you saw so much effort put into their first party from the return of Perfect Dark to new intellectual properties like Gears of War II even Microsoft making a deal with Mass Effect series..

Slowly you begin to see that unravel as I believe they were just too loose with those deals. It seems like there was more money spent to create the illusion of exclusivity then to actually really invest in their first party.

So you saw money being spent on stuff like Dead Rising Lost Planet Oblivion Splinter Cell just to name a few, I actually believe the money they should have really used was too by BioWare and actually really own the Mass Effect intellectual property instead we saw Microsoft spend money on a game they did not own on a team they did not own only to have Electronic Arts come in and scoop them up no problem.

So basically Microsoft spent tons of money to Market and develop a game so Electronic Arts could buy them.

I'm sorry but that's one of those extremely stupid move that results in a company's scrambling to fill in a lineup. Their decision to knowingly fund a game they did not own on top of a team that they did not own even full well knowing that it was supposed to be a Trilogy is one of the reasons why I questioned Microsoft's real intentions because if they're in it for the long haul there should have been no reason that they didn't purchase BioWare.

It just sounded like they wanted to be cheap greedy and have their cake and eat it too.

They played with fire and got burned in since then it has just been an entire decade of this company either losing teams paying for timed exclusivity in struggling to maintain even a subpar lineup.

I'm sorry buddy but the money that used to fund and published Tomb Raider should have just went to creating a new intellectual property because you could get people to buy your system by tricking them a couple of times but at the end of the day that's not really going to help you in the long run.

I mean put it this way how many people do you really believe are buying an Xbox because they believe Bioshock is going to be exclusive to it?

I mean how many Xboxes are being sold because of Elder Scrolls?

So this behavior is not giving me much trust that this company can really do much and it sounds like we might have to wait till next Generation to actually really see them develop something brand new and interesting.

[houyi111]

At this point, at least to me, it doesn't matter if Microsoft 2018's lineup is a little better than 2017's. I actually agree with you that 2018 they have more console exclusive games in numbers (if they all get released), but the list is still piss poor and really doesn't improve much. Like, what really changes if they indeed release crackdown in 2017, 2017 would still be bad for them. I would say 2018 is even worse for MS since the exclusive games gap is only going to get bigger compared to Sony and Nintendo.

[ninsigma]

I agree that next year looks better for their software output but there are still very few games we know about. Of course there's e3 but that's half way through next year before they announce anymore. So I think they'd need to release the games we know about thus far in the first half of the year and then their 2nd half games can be announced at e3 and this will allow them to have a steady stream of games throughout the year which would be great (assuming they actually have games to announce for 2nd half besides FH4 of course). Only other thing for me is the games we know about still just aren't that interesting. Ori will be incredible and I'm majorly excited for that as the first is one of the best games this gen imo. The others however just look rubbish to me and I don't see that much hype surrounding them. Even hype for crackdown has died down.

Hopefully they manage to pull it out of the bag. A competitive Microsoft is good for everyone. Start of this gen they were doing really well on the games front so fingers crossed that happens again.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

I agree with that

[chrisx]

Lol the writer needs to come here on n4g and meet da x defenders. We all know them

[Zero_Suit_Samus]

“Lol the writer needs to come here on n4g and meet da x defenders. We all know them”

Not many left at this point. Their army is weak. The smart Xbox fans already moved to Playstation.

PlayStation just keeps thriving. Jack Tretton left and Andrew House will be departing soon as new talent are stepping up. You just can’t get rid of the 3 stooges running Xbox. Phil, Major Nelson, and, Greenberg. That’s one problem.

Xbox has gotten much worse since launch. All you’ve got is a new console. There’s less games than ever.

[AmUnRa]

No thats not true, whe have more games than ever, i mean look at all the xbox360 games i can play on my XboxOne (X).... o wait😉

[FallenAngel1984]

While Nintendo & Sony continue revealing new games and more info on upcoming ones, Microsoft keeps saying they’ll eventually do so.

[Zeref]

Yeah, how many of those Sony games have release dates?

[Elda]

PS4 will slay in 2018 when it comes to releasing exclusives.

[trooper_]

How many XBox games have release dates?

How many new games are coming that we don't know about?

[mafiahajeri]

At least we have something to look forward to xD

[DialgaMarine]

How long have you been waiting on Crackdown, Sea of Thieves, Ashen, and SoD2 again? How long were you waiting on Cuphead? How long did you wait on Scalebound before that officially died?

We know PS4 is getting at least 5 major titles in the first half of 2018, and there’s a few more that can be added to list for the rest of the year. All games that are likely to be both critical and commercial successes, unlike the Xbox lineup. Don’t try to use an old argument that clearly applies to your preferred brand.

[FreddyFazbear]

It will surely elease on 2018 God of war, spiderman, detroit become human, nino kuni 2, Yakuza 6, Dissidia final fantasy, Days gone. I dont know where you got that notion they will not be releasing on 2018. You even wanna bet?? Whatever you guys say it wont matter to sony releasing games. Thats all you guys can do. Talk. Xbox fans smh.... and MS do they even have a solid release date? Look at Xbox first before you talk about others. They keep cancelling and Delaying their games. Pathetic. They only released this year what Halo wars 2? Forza?? The same old thing?? and Cuphead?? and you will pit that against sonys games this year Persona 5, Horizon, lost legacy, Hellblade?? gravity rush 2? tales of berseria?? yakuza 0, Nioh, Nier Automata, what remains of edith finch, crash bandicoot Nsane trilogy, Knack 2, Gran turismo sport, Ys VIII. See how pathetic MS offerings this year? It wont be different next year.

[Tazzy]

How many of the Xbox games won't be canned??

[UCForce]

Well, at least they finished their game without being too much stress.

[slappy508]

There's so many Sony games at least they can afford to have 1 or 2 pushed back to 2019

[QUIMICOMORTAL]

Shadow of the colossus has! Does any of the delayed xbone exclusives ha a release date yet?

See? Xbone loses no matter how you spin it

[DeadSilence]

Xbox 2018 is set to be the worst yet.

[Zeref]

On the contrary

[Elda]

Pretty much.

[Zeref]

No its not...

[DialgaMarine]

Your comments all up and down this article are either simple sentences that explain nothing, or you trying and failing to pretend PS4 is somehow worse off. So, since it’s not getting harder to defend Xbox, why don’t you tell us why? Why is the console easy to defend?

[Zeref]

where did I say PS4 is worse off lol?

Delusional much?

[DialgaMarine]

“Do any of those Sony games have release dates?”

So what’s that?

[Tazzy]

Yes it is Microsoft has nothing going for the Xbox no games no TRUE 4k console nothing at all.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Brother your drunk rn aren't you? Yo Mavis pick up your bae I can't be taking of his mistakes on this site.

[bluefox755]

So don't defend them. If we keep apologizing for them, they'll never improve.

[Skankinruby]

But them pixels bro, let's not forget what's really important here....

[DialgaMarine]

Them extra pixels + ~20 FPS.

[NoPeace_Walker]

Great. Ill be enjoying Seas of Thieves, State of Decay 2, Crackdown 3, Forza Horizon 4, Ori 2, Halo 6, more enhanced 4K X360 and OG Xbox titles, and the best home console versions of Red Dead Redemption 2, Anthem, Kingdom Heat 3, Far Cry 5, Soul Calibur 6....thank you very much. We Xbox gamers are good for 2018. No doom and gloom article needed. 👍🏼

[Tazzy]

And I bet not one of those games get rated 10s like Sony and Nintendo games got this year Xbox is doomed I'm telling you its going to end up just like Zune and their Windows phone DEAD.

[LandoCalrissiano]

What do you need 10s for? Everyone is just gonna be playing cod, pubg, fortnite, far cry, etc anyway. Hzd got 10s and got snubbed awards. 10s don't matter.

[zuul9018]

Well thats an unreasonable stance to take. You only play games that rate 10s? Do you think for yourself? You ever disagree with a review or think "thats a fair score but i still like that game"?
Ive probably played and enjoyed plenty of games that were probably less than 6s....

[UCForce]

But here the thing, those are not exclusive. They are multi platform. More importantly, MS haven’t reveal their hardware sales units yet. PS4 sales units is 70 million and Switch is about 10 million units which is faster than Xbox One sales launch.

[NoPeace_Walker]

OK..thanks for the emotional speech with such powerful message.
I'll be thinking about that 70 millions PS4 units sold and those non-exclusives that are playable on $1500 PC while I play with the X and my 4K games. 👍🏼

Have a great day, UCforce. LOL

[zuul9018]

Can I ask you a weird question? Im not defending any console here but how does it effect you if a game also comes out on PC? Is the game no longer good? Nioh, cuphead, nier, gears of war, monster hunter, ni no kuni, hellblade, forza, etc. - are they all crap?

I just dont see how Guy A (who owns only an xbox or ps4 or switch) would care if a game he's buying also comes out on PC.

The only way I see Guy A caring is if he's a troll who goes on forums and uses that as "fuel" to prove his consoles superiority.

Now Im definitely not saying I like the 2018 lineup(not interesting to me), but why, and be honest, does it matter if a game comes to PC also?

[QUIMICOMORTAL]

Lol I love how everything you listed (save far cry 5) doesn't even have a release date!

Brace yourself for an empty 1st quarter...

Just like this year!

[Tazzy]

Because console sales matter with everything that comes out Microsoft lost over 54 million Xbox 360 sales the 360 sold over 84 million and the Xbox One just 30 million. Xbox is getting kicked around by Nintendo and Sony and its going to continue sure they can have the most powerful console but Sony and Nintendo have the most powerful console and software sales going. If PS5 launches in 2019 whats Microsoft going to do run out just 2 years into the Xbox One X and make another console to TRY to compete with PS5 they'll never win the Xbox brand is a sinking ship and I'm an Xbox owner and i'm saying it.

[Cmdrpilgrim]

I don't think anyone should be defending Ms at this point, it's a waiting game. Ms hopefully will show up with a more worthy list of games to play next yr, this year was definitely meh. I'm glad they're still in the gaming market is the best I can say about them right now because I do like the x. Sony has a ridiculous list of greats coming, Spiderman being my most looked forward to game so ms is going to lose even more marketshare if they repeat 2017 but I think they will do better but it needs to blow people away at this point because of how lackluster 2017 was in the games dept.

[Mister_Wolf]

Sony are in this great position right now where they have planned forward and their 1st party stuff is rolling out nicely. They have clearly nurtured their developers and it is paying off big time.

Apart from Battlefield 1, Horizon 3, and Cuphead I've not played much else on the Xbox. My first truly deplorable year owning an Xbox.

All these games Phil claims to have signed, probably won't show for 2/3 years. And that is us assuming that by signed he means truly 1st party titles. For all we know we will just have another flurry of games at E3 which are all timed exclusives.

I don't really want the constant halo, gears, and Forza sequence.

[Tazzy]

I have an Xbox One S and the last game I played was Metal Gear Solid V a few days ago theres not much going for it but enhanced games for the Xbox One X they won't topple Nintendo or Sony.

[DialgaMarine]

And yet too many still try to. It’s sad how they constantly criticize Sony and Nintendo and talk about how those two can do better, but turn around and act like Xbox is in some sort of golden age. At the rate it’s currently selling, Xbox will be lucky to even see a proper successor. I have my doubts there will even be another one after X.

[sk8ofmnd]

Xb has fallen so far from grace. The og xbox had better games and promise for the future than the xb1. The launch of the xb1x is about the only noteworthy thing in 2017.

[Tazzy]

Honestly I think Xbox games are heading to Nintendo and Playstation consoles in the future they put out a 4k console but nobody is really buying it. Those diehard Xbox fans say console sales don't matter but if they didn't why was it posted Nintendo sold 10 million units in just 9 months sales matter and Microsoft makes money in software thats where I see them going only software.

[zuul9018]

Someone said console sales dont matter?

[Tazzy]

@zuul9018 Yeah its said all the time by people.

[TheColbertinator]

The beast runs all games in 4K

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

If that's all that matters then you are golden. Would've thought there was more to gaming than pixel density.

You learn something new everyday.

[Tazzy]

Xbox fans don't care about things like that but then again when is the last time a game of theirs got rated 10s??

[zuul9018]

@Tazzy
While there's definitely more to gaming than pixel density there's also more to gaming than games that got rated 10s by people you'll never meet or talk to.

[Tazzy]

The beast is being slayed by Nintendo and Sony from their console sales to their software.

[AmUnRa]

No, it does not run all games in 4K and you now it, stop lying.

[ShadowNextGen]

All you have to do is be paying attention to see all of the great stuff you can play on Xbox, both third party and first party. All three consoles have a great library of games right now and one of them has only been on the market for a little over nine months. Suggesting otherwise is fanboy nonsense.

[yellowgerbil]

In those 9 Months the switch has released more 1st party games that Xbox has in 4 years

[zerocarnage]

It's game awards so what if devs were absent.

It mite be getting impossible to defend ms, but it is impossible to defend haters and fanboys who are clearly out for ms's head. This site you bunch of idiots who keep creating stupid articles, keep everyone well informed that there is a bunch of Sony peeps who can't bare to see Microsoft exist and that only means one thing, not to listen or to trust a damn thing out your mouths because they can't count on honest reviews or to be on all sides of gaming and be responsible enough to be fare with what comes out your mouths.

[AmUnRa]

Boehoe some people are insulting my Microsoft and that is not fair..

Go cry me a river, Microsoft does not care about you.
No need to defend them

[zerocarnage]

Jaguar evolved- I've never heard so much crap come out of someone's mouth than yours. For one if you want to play on a pc with Xbox games you still need to go through Windows 10 brand and buy it. Then there's the fact that Microsoft are making as many devices as possible that are all linked that can give options to people, pc isn't for everyone, just like the original Xbox one or the X but consoles sell and the more different hardware Microsoft have out there gives there customers those options to choose what they want.

Can't afford a high end pc-best choice is an X, don't want to dump thousands into a high end pc-best choice an X, want to switch from a PlayStation-best choice is the X, want to own everything on the board - best choice an X, want to upgrade from Xbox one- best choice an X. There's prob even more than that but there are loads of people that will buy an X for the power who are in different circumstances and all you are prooving here is one thing, you have hate towards ms, because fact be known it's doing pretty well and I think you can't stand that because all those people see a reason to buy it and they're noticing the difference and the power.

And while the ps4 pro is a good console it's not as good as the X it's already been prooven and again think you can't stand that.

[Italiano1234567]

Obviously a lot of people do because 11.5 million people were watching it online try Googling it the response has been outstanding

[TheOttomatic91]

That's because MS are leaving the software business behind, they want to focus primarily on hardware and let developers make quality games and use their hardware to their advantage. Hell it would explain why they are pushing for cross-play with Sony, in a couple of years it wouldn't surprise me if MS ditches exclusivity altogether.

[zerocarnage]

Lol the stupidness from blind sided fanboys is unreal, ms leaving the software business lol lol

[Bronxs15]

cuphead got some awards and the devs shout out microsoft more than once as being amazing partners.

[Yohshida]

Also Sony got 0 awards for first party games. Looks like MS won that with at least having Forza 7 haha

[LandoCalrissiano]

I didn't see it all but I think nier won one for sound.

[Yohshida]

First Party? No

[Yohshida]

True, that "we dont show games anymore until they are ready" is stupid as fck. Phil should go out and show the people what they can expect in the future from the console. I just dont want to see State of Decay and Crackdown at E3 next year, AGAIN. They need to release those games already and show at E3 new stuff.

[Tazzy]

Thats not going to happen I would have been sold on the Xbox One X if it had Killer Instinct 3 or Conker 2 at launch but they didn't so I went PS4PRO for the game library I pretty gave up on the Xbox brand.

[Yohshida]

Why so? You can play a lot of good games already and some greats are coming out next year too. We know about Crackdown 3, State of Decay 2, Sea of Thieves and the Last Night with Forza Horizon 4, Age of Empires 4 and Halo 6 coming for sure plus what we dont already know about. Dont worry you wont run out of games. The X launched with Forza 7 around it and PUBG just dropping this week. What Launch games did the pro have?

[Goldby]

@Videogamelab

40 games

https://blog.us.playstation...

[timotim]

Didn't Microsoft announce the release date of Sea of Thieves at the Game Awards?

[LandoCalrissiano]

March 20th I think.

[timotim]

That's what I thought...

[2ndhandcorn]

Yeah i dig em been enjoying the X more co op games MS.

[QUIMICOMORTAL]

That title is one entire year old!

[Max-Zorin]

At this point, I would welcome back Don Mattrick as the Xbox boss. The guy was a douche bag, but at least he didn't delay and cancel every game, and shut studios down left and right.

[bigmalky]

The truth is, that Microsoft were confident from the start of this generation, that they would be dictating the industry's direction.

They have been planning GaaS for years and it's not what the majority of gamers want.

It's a shame, but the proof is there with the string of issues. First by trying desperately to add DRM and kill used, offline gaming, which put them back miles. Then, they have cancelled any potentially successful single player game that was in production, not because the games were not good enough, but because they were not monetisable enough or too ambitious ideas from pubs that don't understand that development is not just a click your fingers and hey presto, here's your idea realised experience. Please see Scalebound and Stormlands.

There's still a good whack of people who buy into the GaaS model, but it's a minority, judging by the poor sales of SWBFII, and as soon as other Microsoft gamers realise that this is their ultimate direction, they'll jump ship too or be too long gone to abandon it.

[NXFather]

It will be interesting to see how mikey and da beast are defended after a couple more years of this. But you know these folks are waiting for the next gen so they can start the hype nonsense up again and do it all over again. I just dont think they will be able to hang on for much longer if microsoft does not step it up atleast a little bit.

[OpenGL]

What I find strange is that the person say "yeah Xbox sucks but I'll never stop supporting Xbox." Why? It's a fucking product designed to make you happy. If it doesn't make you happy, buy something else. There's no sense in loyalty to a multi-national corporation.

[LogicGamer]

And yet HZD didn't receive any awards

[Father__Merrin]

Doesn't matter if there was no reveal or anything Xbox related at the awards. pUBG is here

[zb1ftw777]

Embarrassing journalism.

What is there to defend?

They have extremely good sales, the best console hardware, the best online services.

Hugely successfully with great quality.

Salty article by jealous fanboy is what's hard to defend here.

[Razzer]

“They have extremely good sales, the best console hardware, the best online services.”

Now.....about the games...

[zb1ftw777]

Xbox games have the highest attachment rate it of all consoles.

And the third party games play best on Xbox 1X.

And MS have a DECENT line up of exclusives.

You were saying?

[Razzer]

You got a source or are you just making that up? Oh....and please don’t tell me you are using that Ubisoft ref from nearly two years ago.

Either way, Xbox has sucked in the games department. Your denial means nothing.

[richyque]

You guys got it all wrong, all them 3rd party games that were on the show are xbox exclusives to the MS fans!

[Vizigoth04]

Well there you have it. Instead of defending them, Challenge them. Are they address your personally gaming needs desires or can you get that where?

[PiCOSMOiP]

I’m here to read the Microsoft bandwagon hate and it brings me endless amount of entertainment. N4G is a special community all on its own.

[HyperMouse]

Tis true, xbox fans can only hope they have some great stuff up their sleeve to unveil at the next E3, though sooner would be better